Village at Night

Maker Emil Ganso (American, 1895 - 1941)

Collections

American Print Selections

ClassificationsPRINTS

Daten.d.

Mediumetching and aquatint on white wove paper

Dimensions9 x 10 15/16 in. (22.9 x 27.8 cm.)

SignedSigned and titled at bottom in graphite

InscribedSigned and titled at bottom in graphite Inscribed with edition: 2/35

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Mrs. Homer D. Crotty.

Status

Not on view

Label TextGanso's work often explores subtle contrasts of black and white. He used aquatint to produce an atmospheric quality that resembles painterly effects in this image of a quiet village on a snowy night. The lone figure is perhaps a stand-in for the artist, who spent his first years as an immigrant in America isolated by culture and language.

Emil Ganso came to the United States from Germany in 1912. He worked as a baker while attending classes at the National Academy of Design. In 1924 he brought his work to the Weyhe Gallery, where he impressed its director, Carl Zigrosser. Ganso became renowned for his technical prowess in nearly all printmaking media and taught printmaking until his death in 1941.

Object number91.284.26